Tuesday, February 23, 2021

CASology Simple Studios Blog Hop

 Welcome to the CASology Simple Studios Blog Hop!

The design team members are sharing our creative spaces today! If you didn't come here from the CASology blog, you can go back there to start and make sure you hit every blog along the Hop.

After years of working at the kitchen table and transitioning from a closet shelf to a full armoire of storage space, when we moved into this house my husband and I finally had a shared office. Initially we had a pretty even split of the room but all added storage was for me and suddenly I controlled about 75% of the space. 

Don't feel too bad for him.  He moved into a much bigger room with a TV and couch and also uses 75% of our master bedroom closet space. 

This photo from the door gives a nice overview of the room including the pup's second bed. In the before times she would always sit in my doorway when I was crafting and was thrilled when I brought in the bed so she could join me in the room. Now that we're rarely home alone she isn't spending as much time here.


One early, smart decision was to remove the closet doors so a 4x4 IKEA Expedit storage unit would fit along the window wall. This holds all my paper, most stamps, dies, embossing folders, stencils, Zig brushes, colored pencils, stamp platform and extra adhesives.

I might rearrange the categories every now and then, but have found Jennifer McGuire's fridge bins and storage pocket idea to be a winner. 




A favorite storage find is the pencil holders for my Copic markers. I hunted these down in several HomeGoods over at least a year and love that I can store the markers by color families. And I love how pretty they are on my desk.
 



My desk rarely looks this clear, but I don't keep anything other than the cutting pad and my paper trimmer here full time.  

When my husband left the space, I added a second desk so I could bring in the computer and sewing machine from another room. This table became the new home for my Big Kick and a bin of paper scraps. All scraps are organized by color and stored in stamp storage pockets.  It is amazingly easy to keep tidy!





My most used tools and adhesives are stored on another favorite, the IKEA rolling cart. It fits nicely in the corner and rolls over to my side when I'm at the desk. I love this thing so much that it gets to go on retreats with me.




The two drawer units behind my desk store all my inks and the bottom drawer holds 12x12 papers from my scrapbooking days. They came from Fred Meyer's at least 15 years ago when we lived in Washington.




Although Stefan was happy to leave the office to me, he was even happier when he realized my other crafting supplies squirreled throughout the house would all fit in here with him gone.  The timing was good as our son wanted to get rid his bigger Expedit so we ended up trading it for my smaller one. You know I was a little sad about the color. 




This one holds knitting, cross stitch and sewing supplies as well as paper crafting items like rubber cling stamps, buttons, washi tape, twine, punches and paper pads.  

Everything is always a work in progress as I try to balance the need to keep things neat and tidy with not forgetting what is tucked away out of sight. I hope you have enjoyed this look at my space and let me know if you have any questions.

The next stop on the Hop is Milka!

I hope you hop along and comment at every stop by Thursday, February 25th at 11:59 pm CST for an opportunity to win at $20 gift certificate from Simon Says Stamp! 

Jacquie


39 comments:

  1. What a fantastic space you have Jacquie. I am super jealous!! It looks like a beautiful place to inspire creativity.

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  2. I love seeing your space, Jacquie! Don't you just love the simple storage Ikea has to offer?! Your marker storage is lovely...I may have to reconsider my own method of storage for these as it would fit nicely in my workspace. However, it would likely encourage me to buy more markers. Oh, the decisions! Lol! :)

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  3. Oh I am so envious of all the storage space. Happy for you to have the room to your self.

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  4. love your crafting space - especially nice that you have good natural lighting and so much great storage!

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  5. What a great craft space with everything where you want it. I'm sure it is a calming, creative place to spend a lot of fun time. Enjoy your day!

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  6. Looks like a perfect place to craft! Jo x

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  7. A wonderful crafting space! I'd love to have Ikea storage, but there are no Ikeas anywhere near us.

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  8. What a great space Jacquie! I love how organized you are and that you keep your Copics out like that. So fun.

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  9. Wow...amazing organization....I especially love the copics in the baskets!

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  10. I love the way you extended your space by removing the closet doors! Great space! I also love the drawers for your ink pads! Mine are layered, making it awkward to find the one I want to use!

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  11. LOve the use of the closet space, Jacquie - good thinking! So fun seeing where your wonderful creations come from! Lovely, neat, and well organized!
    =]

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  12. What a beautiful space!! So nice and bright with that large window! I'm very jealous; maybe someday, I'll have my own room! When my kids are done with their toys, I'll get my expedit back and can use it for craft storage.

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  13. What a fantastic studio, Jacquie!!! Thanks for sharing your space with us!!!

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  14. What a fab space. A place for everything.

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  15. Your work space is so neat - I love the pen holders most too!

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  16. How wonderful to get the new space all to yourself and your husband getting a new space for himself. I do understand when you say you could collect all your 'goodies' from around the house to find a home in your new place.

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  17. Love your space. I really like organization.

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  18. I love your marker storage and am jealous of your collection.

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  19. OMG! I love how you did your markers! What a great space!

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  20. The Copic storage is great and removing the closet doors is very smart, I did that too and love it.

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  21. WOW! Just love how your pens are arranged! so easy to get to and you can see them all. your scraps are also stored so well. Great ideas.

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  22. So fun! Thank you for the tour - your marker tray has me swooning!!! (One, for the organization and two, for the vast collection of markers in rainbow order! I adore organization by rainbow hue!)

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  23. Great idea to take the closet doors OFF! Love that multi drawer bureau for you inks. Thanks for sharing.

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  24. You have a great space for creating! I'm glad that you have all your stuff in one place now.

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  25. This is a great space! Copic storage has been so hard for me to figure out and yours is definitely a winner!

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  26. What a great space! Love how you tucked into the closet area and face out into the room. Those Copics!!!!

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  27. Love your Copic storage. Just lovely!

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  28. Finding a system that works for you takes time and sometimes a better idea comes along that works!

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  29. Your space is really inspiring ☺️, Beautiful one! Thanks for sharing

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  30. I love seeing your crafting space, Jacquie. Beautiful!! :o) Love your marker storage and LOVE how you store paper scraps. I might use your method, as I keep my paper scraps sorted by family colors in one bag (not by shades and tones). :o)

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  31. Lovely ideas and space. Need to update my scrap storage. Thanks for sharing. HUgz

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  32. Some great storage solutions here, especially taking your wardrobe doors off. I have just got a new storage box and now I can have my Copics on my desk too in colour families instead of having to bring over from a shelf each time I use them. CarolG

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  33. Great room, Jacquie, it's always fun to see other crafter's rooms. The neat desk is fun but mine ONLY looks like this right before I start a project, then it's back to cleaning as it is a mess all over again -- oh the cycle!
    Washington? Really? Me too :o)

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  34. This is a lovely space Jacquie. It is always nice to see the place where all the creativity originates. I love the storage spaces and the way you've placed your copics.. 😍

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  35. Love your space Jacquie!!! Thanks for the time it took to put this together!

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